Magic the Gathering Modern banned list

January 19, 2015, Banned and Restricted Announcement

January 19, 2015, Banned and Restricted Announcement | MAGIC: THE

Search through Time, Treasure Cruise, and Birthing Pod are banned.

Legacy:

Vintage:

Wizards associated with Coast examines competition results from each competitive designed structure. Whenever a format becomes imbalanced, we analyze the main cause. Occasionally, a card-drawing card are also efficient. The decks that draw cards so efficiently push-out many other porches, limiting the area towards the strong decks that most useful use those card compartments and decks that do not play in interactive games with those strong porches. If so, the best option might-be to ban the overly efficient card drawer.

Since Wizards seems to reduce amount of cards banned, each format is examined alone merits. Equivalent card might be prohibited in a few platforms, and not other individuals, in a fashion that might appear irregular. That occurs because card is banned within the platforms where, used, it really is problematic.

Here are our changes:

Contemporary

Decks playing the effective card drawers have already been winning lots, and pressing most various other decks down in competitive play. Blue-Red Delver decks, playing efficient animals, card drawers, burn, plus some permission spells are many successful. Additionally, porches centered on more burn, or combo decks using Jeskai Ascendancy, have inked really. However, since these porches have actually occupied a large part of the competitive metagame, the entire variety of effective porches has-been suppressed. It really is imbalanced sufficient that Wizards of the Coast has actually decided to work. In contemporary, these cards are easy replacements for example another—while a Delver deck might make use of Treasure Cruise over Dig Through Time, forbidding one not others would do little to improve the deck. Sift through some time Treasure Cruise are banned.

Over the past 12 months, Birthing Pod decks have claimed a lot more Grand Prix than any other modern-day decks and write the greatest percentage for the field. Annually, brand new powerful choices are printed, of late Siege Rhino. Eventually, this creates an ever growing space amongst the energy associated with the Pod deck alongside animal decks. Pod won five of the twelve Grand Prix in the last year, including winning the last two. The high level percentage for the field playing Pod suppresses porches, especially other animal decks, having an unfavorable matchup. In interest of encouraging a varied structure, Birthing Pod is prohibited.